McIlroy says DeChambeau brings eyeballs to golf. To be determined is where he is seen
“I think a name like Bryson DeChambeau and everything he brings with him, good and bad, he brings eyeballs, which is a good thing for tournaments,” McIlroy said at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
Key points
- In his first public comments since the breakaway golf league announced it would shutter rather than launch a new version, DeChambeau in a social media post Sunday expressed no regrets for his last four years on LIV Golf and offered no clear details what was next for him.
- DeChambeau only said of his future, “I'll go about whatever is next the right way.” He also said he thought there was still a place in golf for team golf, even if it doesn't include his Crushers.
- They might be considered more additive than valuable for a PGA Tour that already has the cream of golf minus a few players from LIV, DeChambeau and Rahm among them.
“If he wants to play competitive golf, it doesn’t seem like he’s got many options.” There's always YouTube, which has given DeChambeau plenty of eyeballs.
Additional details
- What came across as criticism in July sounded a lot more like a compliment Tuesday when Rory McIlroy contemplated the nebulous future of Bryson DeChambeau.
- DeChambeau was picked for the last Ryder Cup team at Bethpage Black in 2025, and he was performative and had eyeballs on him, just not many points.
- DeChambeau is searching for a new home after the demise of LIV Golf, which on Tuesday in New Jersey filed a joint Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan.
- DeChambeau already was planning to play the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa, which the European tour co-sanctions, on Dec.
- It's that “performative” nature that makes McIlroy believe DeChambeau would be a positive addition to the European tour.
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